What is another word for demander?

Pronunciation: [dɪmˈandə] (IPA)

The French word "demander" means "to ask" in English. There are several synonyms for "demander" that can be used depending on the context of the sentence. For instance, "questionner" means "to question", "interroger" means "to interrogate", "solliciter" means "to solicit", and "reclamer" means "to demand" or "to claim". "Prier" means to "ask politely", while "implorer" means "to plead" or "to implore". Finally, "s'enquerir" means "to inquire into", while "exiger" means "to require" or "to demand". By using synonyms, you can enrich your vocabulary and enhance your writing and communication skills.

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What are the hypernyms for Demander?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Demander?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

Usage examples for Demander

But they are mine because they are his, and he is the demander and enabler of love.
"Weighed and Wanting"
George MacDonald
En pouvez-vous demander davantage?"
"Ernest Maltravers, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Incontinently came Thrasillus, the detestable demander of sodaine pleasure, and wearied the closed eares of Charites with talke of marriage, but she gently refused his communication, and coloring the matter, with passing craft in the middest of his earnest desires gan say, Thrasillus you shall understand that yet the face of your brother and my husband, is alwayes before mine eies, I smell yet the Cinamon sent of his pretious body, I yet feele Lepolemus alive in my heart: wherefore you shall do well if you grant to me miserable woman, necessarie time to bewaile his death, that after the residue of a few months, the whole yeare may be expired, which thing toucheth as well my shame as your wholsome profit, lest peradventure by your speed and quicke marriage we should justly raise and provoke the spirit of my husband to worke our destruction.
"The Golden Asse"
Lucius Apuleius

Famous quotes with Demander

  • One demand for a concept of need arises because the concept of demand itself has serious weaknesses and limitations. It assumes away, for instance, a serious epistemological problem. The very idea of autonomous choice implies first that the chooser knows the real alternatives which are open to him, and second that he makes the choice according to value criteria or a utility function which he will not later regret. Both the image of the field of choice and the utility function have a learning problem which, by and large, economists have neglected. This problem is particularly acute in the case of medical care, where the demander is usually a layman faced with professional suppliers who know very much more than he does. The demand for medical care, indeed, is primarily a demand for knowledge or at least the results of knowledge...
    Kenneth Boulding

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